CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS, et al. v. JAMES EDMOND et al. (2000)

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CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS, et al. v. JAMES EDMOND et al.
Term: 2000
Important Dates
Argued: October 3, 2000
Decided: November 28, 2000
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS, et al. v. JAMES EDMOND et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 28, 2000. The case was argued before the court on October 3, 2000.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Indiana Southern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 2000s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Rehnquist Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Search and seizure, vehicles
  • Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
  • Petitioner state: Indiana
  • Respondent type: Private person
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 531 U.S. 32
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Sandra Day O'Connor

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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